The LemonheadsBest The Lemonheads Albums Ranked

It's a Shame About Ray (Expanded Edition)

pitchfork

8.4

“I couldn't have given a shit about the Lemonheads in 1992, when I was a freshman in college and all the upperclass women were swooning over Evan Dando. For me, his pin-up status de-authenticated his music, which seemed mopey and unsubstantial. He sounded detached, like a stoner at a funeral, and the songs on the Lemonheads' break-out album, *It's a Shame About Ray*, were so short (several under tw”

Lovey

pitchfork

7.4

“Thirty years after alt rock reshaped the mainstream, Evan Dando and co.’s major-label debut feels like the product of a bygone era—a snapshot of rock regionalism on its last legs.”

The Hotel Sessions

pitchfork

7.3

“The Hotel Sessions, a collection of demos recorded to a Walkman in 1992, and Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners, a conventional 2xCD collection of hits, offer different looks at some great songs Evan Dando wrote over the last 25 years.”

Come On Feel (30th Anniversary Edition)

pitchfork

7.1

“The uneven but fascinating sixth album by the Lemonheads gets a new reissue that explores the moment when Evan Dando was everything everyone said he was, all at once.”

Love Chant

pastemagazine

7.0

“The band’s first album of original music in 20 years is an undeniably self-conscious comeback, manifesting the existential angst of middle age in sludgier-than-usual riffs, sudden switchups, and some of Evan Dando’s most self-reflective lyrics to date.”

Come on Feel The Lemonheads

rollingstone

7.0

“T hough the Lemonheads have long been hailed by college-rock geeks, the Boston trio’s mainstream buzz has come via singer-guitarist Evan Dando’s dimples. Babe-o-licious cover shots of Dando on countless magazines have attracted starry-eyed fans who would probably love the 26-year-old even if he sang like Barney. On the band’s fifth album, Come on Feel the […]”